Takanashi Masayori

Takanashi Masayori was, in the sixteenth century, the head of the Takanashi clan, a powerful family of northern Shinano Province descended from a branch of the Minamoto. Tradition credits him with completing the family's fortified residence at Nakano, begun by Takanashi Masamori. Faced with the expansion of Takeda Shingen into northern Shinano, he sought the support of Uesugi Kenshin and was forced to withdraw to Echigo, thereby contributing to the context of the battles of Kawanakajima. His family, having become vassals of the Uesugi, recovered part of its lands after the fall of the Takeda, then followed Uesugi Kagekatsu to Aizu in 1598.